Heritable forms of primary hyperparathyroidism: a current perspective.

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Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is one of the most common of all endocrine disorders encountered by the practising histopathologist. The vast majority of lesions are sporadic in nature, approximately 85% of which are parathyroid adenomas, while hyperplasia and carcinoma account for 10-15% and fewer than 1%, of cases, respectively. Heritable forms of PHPT are much less common and present challenges both to...

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